Show I UNION PACIFIC LEADS W V L Park of Omaha general s superintendent of the Union for his road his public talks on Pacific is doing great t eat service by railroad conditions Lately that official has b been n East and a short time ago he spoke before the New England Association of Railroad Surgeons his topic being CI Conditions Necessary for the Safe Op Operation oration of the Railroad From a Constructive View Individualized Example of Best Organized Railway In describing the development of railroads in the United States tir Mr Park brought out the fact that the construction of the first few miles I was painfully ly slow and lacked the essential of s elasticity which with other faults soon condemned such e pensive expensive 1 methods We then by stress of circumstances drifted to the tho other i attention was paid to stability or safety The rapid y development of the country compelled the use of unfinished road w attention was paid to drainage water cut through the banks frequently causing accidents The economical era follow l ing the phenomenal railroad construction of the last I taught us to build less hastily and more securely Our impetus however was so gront groat that we have as yet hardly slowed down Sl suI to realize what is necessary in construction for safe opera operation operation tion Mr Park then pointed out the great outlay that is now being tt JI t tirade l de to secure conditions for safe operation and to correct the J i hastily constructed lines of the era during which as many as Y miles of rail was vas laid in one decade There followed an outline of a well organized railway stipulating conditions which if carried out should make the man management management of the particular property immune from even unbiased r and just criticism from the public or railroad e experts That the l 1 example he had in mind was w as the Harriman system would seem to tobo bo be evident in that he told of the Publicity for Accidents inaugurated mated by and in use on those lines by which accidents involving serious personal injuries loss of life or heavy property loss are in investigated by boards of inquiry which in addition to the railroad officials are composed of United States army officers state gov governors governors mayors along the route business men farmers and other prominent citizens whose integrity is undisputed A Boston paper commenting says that obviously then Mr Park feels that the Union Pacific has adopted such methods of op operation oration on his line as to make them feel perfectly safe in having those methods carefully ly scrutinised by nn an inquisitive and criticizing public without being accused of employing shoddy unsafe or loose management He further stated that Publicity for accidents reo re removes moves from the officials the taint of alleged mercenary suppression nullifies yellow journalism and enlists the tho assistance of public sen sentiment sentiment t to enforce a closer observance of rules and laws 1305 Another requisite of a well organized railroad was stated to be bethe bethe the automatic block signals These are arc employed extensively on the Harriman lines which have the notable reputation of possessing over 35 per cent of aU all the mileage of automatic block signals in service on aU all railroads in the United States During an interview Mir Park went more into the details as to the millions of dollars spent to in the past 10 years on the Harriman li lines es straightening dangerous curves lowering difficult grades and bringing track conditions to perfection Having thus wisely provided the features of construction which m make kc for safe operation the management of the U Union q Pacific Pa It would appear is still in the advance guard and of railroad pro recognizing the value of right training and educatIon education tIon lD in ell all branches of railroading to secure safe operation as well as to educate its personnel to best utilize the facilities which have been given them In his speech Mr Park explained how holy the they are arc doing this his t through rough gh their system of mental and physical which ate ale conducted In a e h pool 00 1 t tto train nun fitted up with devices required to plainly instruct those who have t to do with handling of trains or who o might gM contrIbute to the safety thereof A de description t lon was vas gIven of th the e c educational d bureau of information for re ceny to established and which h h has f for or Its object To assist assume greater r responsibilities to increase the knowledge and eff y o 0 f the t to prepare prospective for the he theat service Th The privileges 1 of thIS bureau are to all at ab dl open departments absolutely tel no expense to the |